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Atlantic salmon interferon genes: cloning, sequence analysis, expression, and biological activity.

In this work, we report cDNA cloning of two type I interferons (IFNs) from the head kidney of Atlantic salmon, called SasaIFN-alpha1 (829 bp) and SasaIFN-alpha2 (1290 bp). Both translate into 175 amino acid precursor molecules showing 95% amino acid sequence identity. The precursors have a putative 23 amino acid signal peptide, which suggests that the mature Atlantic salmon IFNs contain 152 amino acids (18.2 kDa). Salmon IFN appears to have five alpha-helices, similar to mammalian and avian type I IFNs, and showed 45% sequence identity with zebrafish IFN, up to 29% identity with mammalian IFN-alpha sequences, and 17%-18% sequence identity with mammalian IFN-beta and chicken type I IFNs. Human embryonic kidney 293 cells transfected with the SasaIFN-alpha1 cDNA gene produced high titers of acid-stable antiviral activity, which protected salmonid cells against infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (IPNV) and also induced Mx protein in the cells. Poly(I)-poly(C) induced two IFN transcripts in head kidney of Atlantic salmon. Genomic IFN sequences contained four introns and five exons, which is different from the intronless type I IFN genes of birds and mammals.[1]

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  1. Atlantic salmon interferon genes: cloning, sequence analysis, expression, and biological activity. Robertsen, B., Bergan, V., Røkenes, T., Larsen, R., Albuquerque, A. J. Interferon Cytokine Res. (2003) [Pubmed]
 
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